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The Internet Thinks Shay Mitchell’s Toddler Skincare Brand Rini Is A Bad Idea. Does The Beauty Industry Agree?
Actress Shay Mitchell, alongside her boyfriend Matte Babel and close friend Esther Song, launched Rini, a skincare brand directed at children 4 to 12 years old, but designed for them starting as young as 2 years...
From C-Suite To VC: Can Beauty’s Star Executives Succeed As Investors?
The beauty executive-to-investor pipeline is bursting. A week ago, Jane Lauder, the former president of Clinique who spent three decades at Estée Lauder, the company founded by her grandmother, announced she’s starting
The Funding Conundrum: Can You Build A $100M Beauty Brand With Less Than $15M?
In a recent report on how to build a $100 million brand, the venture capital firm XRC Ventures estimates it takes $15 million to $25 million in funding for a brand to reach the sales threshold where large...
Hailey Bieber’s Rhode Combines Celebrity With Financial Rigor. Can Others Replicate It?
Can celebrity cachet be measured in dollars? At Rhode, it can, and Hailey Bieber’s is valued at about $188.7 million. That’s the brand’s revenue in direct-to-consumer distribution alone for the year ended March 31 after subtracting marketing...
What Buyer Could Reignite Fenty Beauty’s Star Power?
Several beauty and luxury conglomerates are in their divorcee era, shedding partners that no longer serve them, and LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton is the latest to join their ranks, looking to rehome Fenty Beauty, the brand...
Ripple Effects Of The L’Oréal-Kering $4.7B Mega-Deal For Beauty’s Emerging Brands
On Sunday, L’Oréal triggered an earthquake in the beauty industry by announcing it’s paying nearly $4.7 billion to acquire Kering’s beauty business in a deal that could shape luxury beauty for at least a half a...
